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Jenings, Peter, was born in 1631 and died in it^yi. lie is spoken of as one "wdio f.'iitlifulh' ser\c(r King l"h:irks I. He set- tled in (littncester county, where he was King's attorney and in 1663 a member of ilie house of burgesses. September if), i7o, he received a grant for the attorney gener- al's ofifice. He died in 1672, and his widow- Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Luns- lord, married Ral))!! W'ormeley, Esq.

Jennings, John, clerk of Isle of Wight county. i')02-i077, was an adherent of Xa- tlianiel Hacon during Bacon's rebellion of 1676. He was sentenced to banishment, but <lied before the time set for leaving the countv. He married Martha, daughter of Robert Harris, and left descendants.

■ Jerdone, Francis, son of John Jerdone. magistrate of Jedburgh, Scotland, was born January 30, 1721. came to Virginia in 1745, and settled at Yorktow^n. Later he moved tc Louisa county, where he died in 1771. He was an eminent merchant. He married Sarah Macon, daughter of Colonel William Macon, of New Kent county. X'irginiri.

Johnson, Jacob, born about 1639, prob- ably in Holland, patented land in \'irginia in 1673, was naturalized in 1679, was a member of the house of burgesses in 1693, and died in 1710. He was a brick merchant and lawyer. He had a Presbyterian church on his land, and the minister. Josiah Mackie. lived with him. His son, Jacob Johnson. Ji., married Margaret Langley, daughter of Captain William I^^ngley. of Norfolk county.

Johnson, John, "yeoman and ancient

planter" was li\ing at Jamestown in 1624, with his wife Anne, son John and daughter Anne, who married Edward Travis, ances- tor of a family long resident on the island.

Johnson, Joseph, was a burgess from Charles Cit\- in the assembly of 1639.

Johnson, Rev. Josiah, probably a native of luigland, came as minister to Virginia in 1766. when he was admitted master of the grammar school of the college of William and Mary. In 1771 he married Mildred Moody, of Williamsburg, and died in 1773. His widow^ married (secondly) Thomas Evans, afterwards a member of congress.

Johnson, I hilip, was a burgess fnjm King and Oueen ccninty in the assemblies of 1752- 1755 and 1756-1758. He was son of W^illiam Johnson, of King William county, who died before 1738. He married Elizabeth Bray, daughter of Colonel Thomas Bray, of "Littletown," James City county, \'irginia. He had a son James Bray Johnson, whose only daughter Elizabeth married Samuel Tyler, chancellor of the eastern district of Virginia; and by a second wife he had James Johnson, of Isle of Wight county, who w^as a member of congress.

Johnson, Richard, was a burgess from King and Oueen county in the assemblies of 1/22 and 1 723- 1 726. He was a son of Colo- nel Richard Johnson of the council, and made his will in 1733, leaving his jjroperty to his two nej)hews Thomas and Richard.

Johnson, Thomas, son of Colonel Rich- ard Johnson, of the council, w^as a burgess from King William county in the assem- blies of 1715, 1718, and 1720-1722. He lived ai "Chericoke" in King William county, on Pamunkey river. He married Ann, daugh-